The c’t review on Windows Vista included just six samples which run well on Vista, covering the two aforementioned CD rootkits, two versions of Hacker Defender, as well as one copy of NT-Illusion and a copy of Vanquish. These rootkits are a little older, but still work well on Vista as long as User Account Control (UAC) has been switched off (a step that was performed prior to testing).

"sudo's approach is a trade-off between security and usability. On one hand, a user only has to enter their password once to perform a series of administrator tasks, rather than having to enter their password for each task. But at the same time, the surface area for attack is larger because all programs receive administrator privileges for a period of time."

"Privilege escalation due to setuid and sudo has plagued Unix-like systems for many years, and continues to do so. In fact, several of the bugs in the recent Month of Apple Bugs fell into this category. Follow these links for lots more references"